It’s the day many families in India spend their lives dreaming of and saving for: their daughter’s wedding. But behind the veil of the big Indian wedding lurks a hidden menace dowry deaths.

In India, one woman dies every hour in a dowryrelated case. Dowry is a social tradition where the families of Indian grooms can make endless financial demands of the bride’s family.

In extreme circumstances, the newlywed bride can be murdered by her inlaws, or driven to commit suicide.

And now, 101 East reveals that this deadly tradition has arrived on Australian shores.

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